Manifold account and sales book



(No Model.) H. D. KEITH.

MANIFOLD AGGOUNT'AND SALES BOOK.

-No.553,916.. PatentdFeb. 4,1896.

wwwzyz HENRY n. KEITH, OF MANSFIELD, onto.

N sFoLo Account AND SALES cook.

- assassination forming part of Letters Patent-No. 553,916, datedFebruary 4,,1896.. Applioatipziflled November 4,1895. Serial intents.(No man.)

55b aZl whom .it may concern.-

, Be it known that I, HENRY D". KEITH, acitimen of. the United States,residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful.

improvements in Manifold Account and Sales Books; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description oithe same, reference being bad to the anneared drawings, making a part ofthis speciiication, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object and purpose of the present invcntionis to provide a manifoldaocountand sales book that will save. time in bookkeeping, the merchantdevoting one book to each regular credit customer, the several books,properly marked, being retained in a suitable cabinet, case or rackadapted to the purpose;

and in using the book the cost ofgoods orfldered by the customer may beadded. to his or her past account, thereby givingboth the customer andmerchant a complete balanced account.

The invention therefore consists in a n1anifold account and sales bookconstructed sub stantially as shown in the drawings and here inafterdescribed and claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a, perspective View showing-the leaves ofthe book and the carbon sheet in position to take down the salesinduplicate by writing upon the blank sheet over the carbon sheetandmaking a duplicate upon the blank sheet immediately under and adjacentto the carbon sheet; Fig. 2, an edge viewshowingthe book as it willappear when closed.

In the accompanying drawings, A rcprc sents the back of the book, whichmay be of cardboard or other material found best adapted to the purposeand of any suitable length and width.

A cover B, of cardboard or other suitable material and of asize tocorrespond with the size of the back A, is connected to one end of theback by a flexible hinge a, so that it may be thrown back to theposition shown in Fig. 'I. of the drawings. Two independent leafSections '0 l) are employed, the section Cbcing' attached to the hinge(I. and the section D being attached io'tlie back A of the book,

as shown.

used, the cover in such position forming. af

1 support for the back to sti'ifcn it and prevent it from bending.

The. flexible hinge also admits of the leaves of the section 0 beingturned under and against the cover when said cover has been foldedagainst the back, as above described, thereby preventing those of theleaves already nsed from interfering with those being used.

If desired the back and cover may be formed of one and the same piece ofcardboard or other material, as found most desirable.

' The leaves of the section Grcmain per-ma nently in-the book,and theleaves of the section I) are perforated at b and are removedsuccessively after receiving the carbon impression' of the writing uponthe sheet which is placed immediately over and upon the 'car bon sheet,which sheet is 'represented at G.

Between the two leaf-sections C D is an interposed support E upon whichrests the section D, thereby separating the two leaf-sections, and afterthe leaves of the section 'D have all been removed providing asupplemental cover in the supportE for the perma; ncnt leaves of thebook to hold them down in place.

In order-to have the leaves of the section 1) remain at all times in ahorizontal position or parallel .with the back A of the book until allhave been removed, there is provided a block F, which block is securedin any suit- .able manner to the backA, at one end thereof. This block Fis of any suitable Width and of athickness .corresprondin g to the thickness of the leaf-section G, and extends across the entire width of thecover A, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. I

It is always desirable,-in order to give a good -and clear carbon copyof the writing, that the carbon sheet should lie smooth and fiat overthe. sheet upon which the impression is to bc-lnadc, and-for this reasonthe block F is used in order to takc up the space at the end ofthe coverat the termination oi} the leaves of the section thereby forming asupport iol'thc lcaf-scciion l) of auniform thickness throughout thelength thereof.

A binder ll holds the perforated ends" of the'leaves of the sectionjl)together upon the support E and ,block F; and are connected to gather bywire staples c, or by ordinary stitch-' ing, or in any otherWell-knownmanner found 'rnost preferable I The binding-strip H may be ofcardboard, or of any other material best adapted. to the. purpose, andforms a cutter to the perforated The several leaves of the sections maybe lined andnumbered orha-ve any desirable arrangement of printingthereon to -adapt the book to the var-ions uses to which itmay .15 beapplied. I

' The support E not only forms a separator for the two leaf-sections GD, and a supplemental cover for the former-mentioned section after theleaves of the perforated section. "0 have all been torn out, but by theemployment of said support E the person can insert a finger, or fingers,under itwithout injury to the leaves of the section D, thereby quicklyv,raise the entire section and remove one place a'leaf of section "0,which action would occur at every use ofthe bo01 r ,A decided advantageis gained'in' the employment of the supportE, inpreventing-the endsofthe leaves of section'D from being 3'0 crumpled by the frequentraisingof, the section', the support lifting the section. when the:

former is raised. The leaf from section C must lie perfectly -flat uponthe carbonsheet and take the same position every time until the orderis-fingished; otherwise the carbon copywould be blurred,

unreadable and useless, and to form aper-' feetlyfiat surface throughoutthe length of, the book is the purpose of the block F, which blockprevents the carbon sheet from turnr ing npat the end and being brokenin jfolds' f'when the leaf froimthe section is, hastilypressed'dow'n'upon its-as. whenfbroken the carbon sheetwou-id he worthless, v 4 Itwill be noticed that -the'1eaff-sectionD when-resting upon theleaf-section C will leave. a spape orjmargin'dat the lower endofathezlatterlsection for thepurposebfhcarrying forward the total of pastaccounts I 5o In using the bookthe first nnuseddeaf o t; section 0,.ftcr raisingthe, section "1), is thrown bac and iafter. section Dis"ili'tlie position. shown in-Fig. l ofthe draivings' the thrown-back leafis 'placed,.,,or'er and upon the carbon leaf, as show'nl;Thetota1'past;account that has been previously entered-upon the bottomor mar ixi d of the unused leaf is carried to the top thereof andaddglfilwith book and'the total thereon carried forward sheets inseparating" them from the stubs; j

- 'one of said Sections, substantially sections connected to the hingeand block resisting of a'suitable back and cover,- twoin.

the-cost of the goods purchased at that tiiuc,

-after which the leufot section I), containing the carboncopy isremoved-and sent with the goods to the'cus'tomfer, the origins-[upon theleafsof section 0 bein'gretsined in the to the exposedsmargin d of said'seetio'n.

Having now fullydes'cribcdmy invention what I claim as new, a1 1d desireto-sccure by LettersPatent, is-.- 1. A manifold account and sales book,consisting of' two independent leaf-sections nt- 'tached at the oppositeends of a suitable back, a suitable cover therefor,- a block connected'to the outer end; of said back to form 'a support tothe upper onefof thesections at the end thereof, and a. carbon sheet secured 7 5 overtheupperleaf-section, snbstautiu'llya-s' and for the purpose set forth.

2. A manifold account and sales book, consistingof a suitable backandcovcr, two independent leaf-sections attached at their outer 8o ends,a block secured to. the outer end of the back, an interposed supportbetween thelle'afisections, and a carbon sheet above tlicu'pp'cr :is'undfor the purpose de'scribed. p

3. A manifold account and sales book, consisting of a suitable cover andback emmc'ctodv I by a. flexible hinge, a block connected to the outerend of the-back, t'wo'indepcndent loaf spec'tively, an interposedsupport between the leaf-sectionsu carbon sheet abovethe upper oneofisaid scotions-,Twhic h scction is of decreased length to leave'uspace or marr' gin on the undersectionvat the attached end thereof forthe purpose of providing space;- for carrying forward the total of pastaccount, substantially asand for the purpose set fortln 4:. A; manifoldaccountand sales book, eo-ndependent lest-section's attached-rattheirouterendsias shown, a block seen-redto theo'uterendofi the back,and an interposed supe. -port .-bet ween the sections, 'a carbon sheet vI05 o'f whioh'are perforated transversely, and a binderto hold theperforated ends of tho 1 above theuppor one of 'saidsecti ons, theleaves" leaves ftogethen'?substantially as and for the purpose setforth; v I

p in testimony that I claim the above. have hereunto subscribed myname'in the presence of twowitnesses. 3 p H L HE R KEITH.

' I Zitnesses v p G. L. BILLINGSLEY,

, MARTIN lIAMMono;

